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RESOLUTION Green Sheet # 7�1 F+ ��i �
S� T PAUL, MINNESOTA �
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Whereas, technological advances in the areas of computers and
televisions has created an inadvertent environmental problem when
electronic products need to be disposed; and
Whereas, this waste stream, called E-waste, includes old TVs and
computer monitors that have picture tubes or cathode ray tubes (CRTs)
containing 2 to 8 pounds of lead per tube; and
Whereas, tens of thousands of CRTs will be disposed of by Saint Paul
residents and businesses in the next several years; and
Whereas, these items contribute to lead in our water, air, and soil
when disposed with other mixed wastes; and
Whereas, the City of Saint Paul supports efforts to develop a
long-term and sustainable system to ensure the proper management of
old TVs and computers without reliance on government-only solutions;
Therefore, be it resolved that the City of Saint Paul supports the
Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board's legislative initiative
incorporating manufacturer responsibility, reliable and convenient
collection options, responsible recycling of CRTs, a mechanism to
address the backlog of CRTs, and a preference for advance recycling
fees without reliance on Iocal government for management of CRTS,
effective July 1, 2005.
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Resolution supporting Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board's legislative initiative incorporating manufacturer
;esponsibility, reliable and convenient collection options, responsible recycling of cathode ray tubes, a mechaoism to address the
° backlog ot CRTs, and a preference for advance recycling fees without reliance on locat government for management of CRTs.
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� INI7IATINGPROBLEM,ISSUE,OPPOFYTUNITY(WHO,WHAT,WHEN,WHERE,WIi1�:
v,. 'TVs and computer monitors can contain from 2 to 8 pounds of lead as well as mercury, cadmium and PCBs. TVs and
computer monitors are considered the lazgest single source of lead in Minnesota's garbage. Cathode ray tube and
discazded computer wastes do noY belongin the garbage with other mixed wastes. In the 2003 session, the State
: Legislature prohibited the disposal of cathode ray tubes found in TVs and computer monitors in mixed wastes effec6ve
- July i, 2005. Discarded TVs and computer monitors can and should be recycled. Nearly all of the component parts,
' including the lead and glass, can be recycled or recovered.
, ADVANTAGESIFAPPFOVED.
- T A long-term and sustainable system to ensure the proper management of old TVs and compnters without reliance on
.`, government-only solu6ons will be developed as a result of the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board's
"° initiative. This resolution supports these efforts.
� DISADVANTAGESIFAPPftOVE�: .
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t. DISADVANTAGESIFNOTAPPROVED
� A long-term and sustainable system to ensure the proper management of old TVs and computers without reliance on
e� government-only solu6ons will re@uce future costs of the Ciry's neighborhood clean-up program, which currently
accepts these materials, and reduce fuzure disposal fees chazged by refuse haulers and others, if these materials are
handled through advance disposal fees as proposed by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Boazd.
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No financial impact.